# N72EX: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: January 8, 2022
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72EX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72EX

## Aircraft that carried N72EX

- [Cancelled 2022-01-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72EX-2022-01-08): Sikorsky S-76B, S/N 760379, built 1991. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Island Express Holding Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ISLAND%20EXPRESS%20HOLDING%20CORP), [Van Nuys, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Van%20Nuys)

## NTSB investigations on N72EX (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA20MA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20MA059), Jan 26, 2020: Sikorsky S76 (N72EX), Calabasas, CA, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N72EX (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20200126001589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200126001589A), Jan 26, 2020: Sikorsky S-76B (N72EX), Calabasas, CA, Destroyed, 9 fatal. On January 26, 2020, at 0945 pacific standard time (PST), a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, N72EX, Collided with hilly terrain near the city of Calabasas,…

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